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Word Origin & History

"to produce young from eggs by incubation," from Middle English hachen (early 13c.), probably from an unrecorded Old English *hæccan, of unknown origin, related to Middle High German, German hecken "to mate" (used of birds). Meaning "to come forth from an egg" is late 14c. Figurative use (of plots, etc.) is from early 14c. Related: Hatched; hatching.

Example Sentences forhatched

Lads of Zuñi took my egg and hatched it under a turkey hen, at the Ant Hill.

And out of this stone egg a stone ape was hatched by magic power.

I have two pigeons that laid eggs and hatched two little ones.

She was expecting some chicks to be hatched yesterday, and it didn't come off.

The day after they are hatched, give them some crumbs of white bread or grots soaked in milk, which are very nourishing.

These creatures keep the egg inside of the body until it is hatched.

You do not care, you say, what plots may be hatched against His Majesty's life and crown!

That sort of bird is hatched in great numbers in such times as these.

So he has hatched this pretty little plot with the chief of the customs.

Almost under his very eyes, the mutiny had been hatched and had grown to a head.